Interesting how the higher chords really highlight its tinny nature. I'd never seek a piano that sounds like that but glad it's readily available in a plug in or to blend.
Bless you Phil. So, so beautiful. Sally and I loved this. Thank you so much. I've not tried the Grotrian Player preset. Must do so. All the very best, Every blessing, Chris
Stunningly beautiful. It oozes your passion from every note. Great dynamics. The Gotrian is one of the few presets I miss, well worth it, though. Your old videos were among the ones that really made me get Pianoteq. I think it was still v. 5 or so. Such a great software. Are my eyes playing tricks on me or you've really moved from Cubase to Reaper? Sorry, but I still could not manage to find the video about the absurd copyright claim we were discussing last week. I guess my history is gone nuts, I see a few videos I've never watched. If only YT allowed us to view all our old comments in one place... Have a lovely evening
Hi Phil. Looking forward for a video that dissects pop song or songs in general. In which you can also show how your method or piano fluency can be applied. I think you mention to feel the groove but I am not sure which to listen when it comes to pop songs. They have vocals, drums and piano. Which do you focus to get the groove?
I don't explain how to apply my model of fluency in much detail on public RU-vid videos. I sell practice materials on my website, PlayPianoFluently.com. The groove is the underlying rhythmic structure in music, so it is present in all parts of a pop song - vocal, drums, bass, keys, guitars, everything! It's the underlying beat structure. The drums will show it best, of course!
Sup bro. I was messing with Pianoteq earlier, specifically the tuning. My daw default is set to 44100 and I see most vst's are tuned to 440 by default (not sure if thats the same thing as my daw sample rate). So I started putting all the vst default tune to 441 but then I tried 415 in Pianoteq and damn it sounded way better. What you think about this? Do you ever use the tune section? Also nice playing aswell, wish I could play anywhere close to that.
Thanks! I usually stick with conventional concert pitch of A4=440 (which has nothing to do with sample rate in your DAW) but as pitch has risen over the centuries, old pianos are more authentic if tuned flatter. Old temperaments are also interesting and can generate different colours. So yes, I do sometimes mess about with tunings.
Congrats for the video as usual, Phil. I am going to buy for Black Friday offer versión Pro with stenway D, bechtein, steingraeber and petrof. And addon steiway B and Bluthner or Grotian. I doubt between the 2 last ones. What do you think between 2 dark pianos? Thank you very much. Javier S.
Buy the studio bundle with all of them :D ? Or instead just leave the additional instrument you are undecided for later, once you have seen how you like and use the other ones and see what you "miss". Don't forget that the purchase (or even the downloaded demo) includes all the instruments with just a few notes silenced up, so you have plenty of time to test those two with that small limitation and explore how you like them
@jsanchezguerra Sorry! I was tired and missed your question. Bluethner or Grotrian? I like both for different reasons, so it's tricky and I always think these things are highly subjective. But personally, I'd go for the Bluethner.
Wide refers to a wider stereo soundstage. Player and prelude seem similar - the mics are placed so you hear the piano from the player's perspective, whereas recording means that the mics are placed from the audience's perspective. I have no idea what improv means...
I have a question are you familiar with Edwin Gordon's Music Learning Theory? Just Curious if not, then it is okay, just asking if you know :) I've found that it has similarities on how you approach piano/music using fluency but not exactly 100% the same.
Yes I have read quite a bit about Edwin Gordon's ideas. My approach is entirely different - far simpler and much more practical: his is really just an alternative theory, as Kodaly method is too. I do agree with much of his background philosohy about how we have all internalised an audiated sense of musical language but I would emphasise how this inner sense is intuitive or unconscious and is adversely influenced or corrupted by the concious but very faulty "karaoake" or mimentic sense of music that all we start using from a very young age. In principle, musical fluency will come naturally just by practising using my simple model. In practice, unblocking or letting go of the karaoke (mimetic) or decoding (theoretical) models of musicianship that we all take on from a young age presents a huge challenge for most people.
@@PhilBestMusic Yeah, I'm thinking of the same too. Your model is very simple. Music Learning Theory is somewhat in between the realm of Traditional Training and Fluent Music Training Concepts. By the way thanks for your kind and wonderful feedback
For me it's a kawai VPC 1 and Pianoteq for the win haha, but really the connection I have to Pianoteq is on another level. Very beautiful and I can't stop but lose myself in emotion sometimes when playing it.
Very nice improvisation Phil, thanks for sharing. I really like the feeling you convey moment-by-moment while at the same time maintain a cohesive unity for piece!
